"There are countless pundits and other tech gurus describing Google Wave as a disappointment, lately. Most of that seems to come from the fact that nobody seems to get what Wave is for. So they compare it to social media. Is Wave the next Twitter? Nope. Is it the next Facebook? Nope. Is it going to replace Instant Messengers? Possibly, in some circumstances, but not any time soon."Read more here.

Blaming people like me (who see Wave as a hopelessly complicated piece of software that solves problems few people actually have) for not understanding Wave is like a pilot blaming his passengers for not knowing how to fly a 747.

Dude... I was able to explain to my wife how to use it via a separate IM session (ok, sorta, ultimately she told me it seemed too complicated also)